Curriculum & Instruction - Page 157

The much-anticipated national academic standards for K-12 students were released Wednesday, but the question in California is whether Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supports the effort. And so far, the answer to that still isn't clear.

A consortium of state education officers, teachers and academic experts released Wednesday the final draft of national common academic standards in math and English language arts that the Obama administration hopes will replace the existing patchwork of individual state standards.

Officials in Washington D.C. confirmed Thursday that the final common core academic standards in math and English language arts will be released on June 2 - giving officials in Sacramento less than two months to integrate them with California's.